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Discrimination is a significant issue in labour market economics across developed as well as developing countries. In … this paper we inquire the actual size of wage discrimination in the Republic of Soutn Africa, accounting for large … determine the role of discrimination in the wage gaps observed. Although the size of the absolute racial wage gap is enormous …
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This paper provides a comprehensive assessment of international migration in the Asia-Pacific region and reviews internal migration in China. After putting Asia-Pacific migration in a global context, it reviews trends in migration and the impacts of migrants in the major migrantreceiving...
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The admission by the Greek government on October 18, 2009, of large-scale accounting fraud in its national accounts sparked an unprecedented sovereign debt crisis that rapidly spread to the Eurozone’s weakest member states. As the crisis increasingly drove a wedge between a seemingly resilient...
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The formidable economic growth of China in the past few decades led to outstanding improvements in virtually all objective indicators of standards of life. However, these objective records are in striking contrast with subjective ones. Between 1990 and 2007, Chinese average subjective well-being...
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We examine gender differences in four measures of cognitive function among older individuals in India, using the 2010 pilot wave of the Longitudinal Aging Study of India (LASI) survey. We use a life-course approach and estimate the impact of circumstances in childhood, choices in adulthood and...
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This paper provides an evaluation the intellectual contributions of Rhonda M. Williams. Specifically, we focus on Williams' theoretical and empirical contributions to the political economy of race.
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contracts with the incumbent. When discrimination is impossible, the game resembles a stag-hunt (coordination) game in which the … induces more generous contract terms from the seller. When discrimination and communication are possible, the exclusion rate …
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This paper contrasts competing theories and evidence on the nature and significance of African American racial identity. In particular, we seek to examine whether race is best understood as a set of values and behaviors or whether race is best understood as a social norm.
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monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and … inequality under such allocation rules. This suggests that intra-household discrimination deserves some of the attention …
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urban areas. However, this education discrimination against male children has been decreasing over the years. It is also …
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